| # | Metro area | Median posted pay (yearly) | | Postings |
|---|
| 1 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $205,000 | | 17,941 |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $201,000 | | 5,981 |
| 3 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $182,500 | | 4,540 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh, PA | $180,000 | | 1,128 |
| 5 | El Paso, TX | $180,000 | | 156 |
| 6 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $168,000 | | 12,642 |
| 7 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $165,000 | | 3,705 |
| 8 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $159,000 | | 5,962 |
| 9 | Ann Arbor, MI | $158,000 | | 241 |
| 10 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $157,500 | | 10,784 |
| 11 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $156,500 | | 3,856 |
| 12 | Reno, NV | $153,000 | | 347 |
| 13 | Knoxville, TN | $151,500 | | 223 |
| 14 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $150,000 | | 1,291 |
| 15 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $145,000 | | 1,882 |
| 16 | Boulder, CO | $145,000 | | 302 |
| 17 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $144,000 | | 2,988 |
| 18 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $142,500 | | 340 |
| 19 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $141,500 | | 103 |
| 20 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $140,000 | | 856 |
| 21 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $138,500 | | 197 |
| 22 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $137,500 | | 1,452 |
| 23 | Columbus, OH | $135,000 | | 1,389 |
| 24 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $134,500 | | 3,771 |
| 25 | Albuquerque, NM | $133,000 | | 397 |
| 26 | Tucson, AZ | $132,500 | | 256 |
| 27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $132,000 | | 5,058 |
| 28 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $132,000 | | 5,914 |
| 29 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $127,500 | | 2,480 |
| 30 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $127,500 | | 1,937 |
| 31 | Colorado Springs, CO | $127,500 | | 410 |
| 32 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $127,500 | | 808 |
| 33 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $125,000 | | 227 |
| 34 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $122,500 | | 1,401 |
| 35 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $120,500 | | 163 |
| 36 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $120,000 | | 725 |
| 37 | Springfield, MO | $120,000 | | 166 |
| 38 | Omaha, NE-IA | $119,500 | | 629 |
| 39 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $117,500 | | 572 |
| 40 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $117,500 | | 2,893 |
| 41 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $115,500 | | 1,228 |
| 42 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $115,000 | | 2,312 |
| 43 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $115,000 | | 993 |
| 44 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $113,000 | | 837 |
| 45 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $111,500 | | 2,652 |
| 46 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $111,000 | | 796 |
| 47 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $110,000 | | 2,032 |
| 48 | Oklahoma City, OK | $110,000 | | 530 |
| 49 | Cleveland, OH | $109,500 | | 858 |
| 50 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $109,000 | | 434 |
| 51 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $106,500 | | 1,003 |
| 52 | Tulsa, OK | $105,000 | | 400 |
| 53 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $105,000 | | 326 |
| 54 | Madison, WI | $103,500 | | 340 |
| 55 | Jacksonville, FL | $103,000 | | 575 |
| 56 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $102,000 | | 1,137 |
| 57 | Toledo, OH | $101,000 | | 245 |
| 58 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $100,000 | | 1,297 |
| 59 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $98,000 | | 815 |
| 60 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $95,500 | | 153 |
| 61 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $95,000 | | 183 |
| 62 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $91,500 | | 610 |
| 63 | Syracuse, NY | $91,000 | | 372 |
| 64 | Rochester, NY | $90,000 | | 294 |
| 65 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $89,500 | | 326 |
| 66 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $87,500 | | 202 |
| 67 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $86,500 | | 958 |
| 68 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $84,500 | | 686 |
| 69 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $82,500 | | 238 |
| 70 | Peoria, IL | $82,500 | | 131 |
| 71 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $80,000 | | 260 |
| 72 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $80,000 | | 142 |
| 73 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $80,000 | | 110 |
| 74 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $77,000 | | 159 |
| 75 | Winston-Salem, NC | $76,500 | | 112 |
| 76 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $76,500 | | 259 |
| 77 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $55,000 | | 129 |
